第一篇：The Strenuous Life--by Theodore Teddy Roosevelt(英語(yǔ)散文欣賞)

The Strenuous Life

——by Theodore Teddy Roosevelt

A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as an individual.We do not admire the man of timid peace.We admire the man who embodies victorious efforts, the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.In this life we get nothing save by effort.Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.A man can be free from the necessity of work only by the fact that he or his fathers before him have worked to good purpose.If the freedom thus purchased is used aright, and the man still does actual work, though of a different kind, whether as a writer or a general, whether in the field of politics or in the field of exploration and adventure, he shows he deserves his good fortune.But if he treat this period of freedom from the need of actual labor as a period, not of preparation, but of mere enjoyment, even though perhaps not of vicious enjoyment, he shows that he is simply a cumberer on the earth's surface;and he surely unfits himself to hold his own place with his fellows, if the need to do so should again arise.A mere life of ease is not in the end a very satisfactory life, and, above all, it is a life which ultimately unfits those who follow it for serious work in the world.As it is with the individual, so it is with the nation.It is a base untruth to say that happy is the nation that has no history.Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history.Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

第二篇：英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典散文欣賞

英語(yǔ)經(jīng)典散文欣賞

熱情成就未來

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, “Barbara, be enthusiastic!Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.”

How right they were.Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.It is the paste that helps you hang in there when the going gets tough.It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you can't.”

It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted.Yet she didn't let up on her experiments.Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder as anyone knows who has ever seen an infant's delight at the jingle of keys or the scurrying of a beetle.It is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such a youthful air, whatever their age.At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach.As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes.Music, for Casals, was an elixir that made life a never ending adventure.As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, “Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, lies in the word itself.“Enthusiasm” comes from the Greek and means “God within.” And what is God within is but an abiding sense of love--proper love of self(self-acceptance)and, from that, love of others.Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power.If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a part-time avocation, like the head of state who paints, the nun who runs marathons, the executive who handcrafts furniture.Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan, was 68 before she began to draw.This activity ended bouts of depression that had plagued her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am tempted to call Layton a genius.” Elizabeth has rediscovered her enthusiasm.We can't afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens.” We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be.”

We need to live each moment wholeheartedly, with all our senses--finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the crayoned picture of a six-year-old, the enchanting beauty of a rainbow.It is such enthusiastic love of life that puts a sparkle in our eyes, a lilt in our steps and smooths the wrinkles from our souls。

經(jīng)典英語(yǔ)散文賞析：輕松地生活

To a large degree，the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment．Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year，and what may or may not happen tomorrow，the present moment is where you are－always．

Without question，many of us have mastered the neurotic1)art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things －all at once．We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments，so much so that we end up anxious，frustrated，depressed，and hopeless．On the flip side，we also postpone our gratification，our stated priorities2)，and our happiness，often convincing ourselves that ‘someday’ will be better than today．Unfortunately，the same mental dynamics3)that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that ‘someday ’never actually arrives．John Lennon once said，‘Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans．’When we’re busy making ‘other plans’，our children are busy growing up，the people we love are moving away and dying，our bodies are getting out of shape，and our dreams are slipping away．In short，we miss out4)on life．Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal5)for some later date．It isn’t．In fact，no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow．Now is the only time we have，and the only time that we have any control over．When our attention is in the present moment，we push fear from our minds．Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future－we won’ t have enough money，our children will get into trouble，we will get old and die，whatever．To combat fear，the best strategy6)is to learn to bring your attention back to the present．Mark Twain said，‘I have been through some terrible things in my life，some of which actually happened．I don’t think I can say it any better．Practice keeping your attention on the here and now．Your efforts will pay great dividends7)．

我們內(nèi)心是否平和在很大程度上是由我們是否能生活在現(xiàn)實(shí)之中所決定的。不管昨天或去年發(fā)生了什么，不管明天可能發(fā)生或不發(fā)生什么，現(xiàn)實(shí)才是你時(shí)時(shí)刻刻所在之處。

毫無疑問，我們很多人掌握了一種神經(jīng)兮兮的藝術(shù)，即把生活中的大部分時(shí)間花在為種種事情擔(dān)心憂慮上---而且常常是同時(shí)憂慮許多事情。我們聽?wèi){過去的麻煩和未來的擔(dān)心控制我們此時(shí)此刻的生活，以致我們整日焦慮不安，萎靡不振，甚至沮喪絕望。而另一方面我們又推遲我們的滿足感，推遲我們應(yīng)優(yōu)先考慮的事情，推遲我們的幸福感，常常說服自己“有朝一日”會(huì)比今天更好。不幸的是，如此告誡我們朝前看的大腦動(dòng)力只能重復(fù)來重復(fù)去，以致“有朝一日”永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)真正來臨。約翰·列農(nóng)曾經(jīng)說過：“生活就是當(dāng)我們忙于制定別的計(jì)劃時(shí)發(fā)生的事。”當(dāng)我們忙于制定種種“別的計(jì)劃”時(shí)，我們的孩子在忙于長(zhǎng)大，我們摯愛的人離去了甚至快去世了，我們的體型變樣了，而我們的夢(mèng)想也在悄然溜走了。一句話，我們錯(cuò)過了生活。

許多人的生活好像是某個(gè)未來日子的彩排。并非如此。事實(shí)上，沒人能保證他或她明天肯定還活著。現(xiàn)在是我們所擁有的惟一時(shí)間，現(xiàn)在也是我們能控制的惟一時(shí)間。當(dāng)我們將注意力放在此時(shí)此刻時(shí)，我們就將恐懼置于腦后。恐懼就是我們擔(dān)憂某些事情會(huì)在未來發(fā)生---

我們不會(huì)有足夠的錢，我們的孩子會(huì)惹上麻煩，我們會(huì)變老，會(huì)死去，諸如此類。

若要克服恐懼心理，最佳策略便是學(xué)會(huì)將你的注意力拉回此時(shí)此刻。馬克·吐溫說過：“我經(jīng)歷過生活中一些可怕的事情，有些的確發(fā)生過。”我想我說不出比這更具內(nèi)涵的話。經(jīng)常將注意力集中于此情此景、此時(shí)此刻，你的努力終會(huì)有豐厚的報(bào)償

My dictation:

Now the VOA special English program-words and their stories.Expressions about water are almostly as common as water itself.But many of the expressions using water have unpleasent meannings.The expression “to be in hot water ” is one of them.It is a very old expression.Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble.One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.That no longer happens.But we still get “in hot water”.When we are in hot water, we are in trouble.It can be any kinds of trouble, serious or not so serious.A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police.A young boy can be in hot water with his mother if he walks in the house with dirty shoes.“Being in deepwater” is almost the same as being in hot water.When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult position.Imaging a person who can not swim being thrown in water over his head.You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you don’t have the ability to solve.You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks without knowing anything about the stock market.“To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that meaning staying out of debt.A company seeks to keep it's head above water during economic hard times.A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.“Water over the dam” is another expression about past event.It is something that it is finished, and it cannot be changed.The expression comes from the idea that water has floated over a dam cannot be brought back again.When a friend is troubled by a mistake she have made.You might tell her to forget about it, you say it is water over the dam.Another common expression“ to holdwater” is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about.It probably comes from a way of testing the condition of a container.If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it.If your argument can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes;if it does not hold water, then, it is weak and not worth debating.“Throwing coldwater ”also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposles, it means to not like an idea.For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems, but your wife throws cold water on the idea because she says a new car costs too much.

第三篇：英語(yǔ)散文欣賞

品味生活 Relish Moment Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision.We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent.We are traveling by train.Out the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.我們的潛意識(shí)里藏著一派田園詩(shī)般的風(fēng)光!我們仿佛身處一次橫貫大陸的漫漫旅程之中!乘著火車,我們領(lǐng)略著窗外流動(dòng)的景色：附近高速公路上奔馳的汽車、十字路口處招手的孩童、遠(yuǎn)山上吃草的牛群、源源不斷地從電廠排放出的煙塵、一片片的玉米和小麥、平原與山谷、群山與綿延的丘陵、天空映襯下城市的輪廓, 以及鄉(xiāng)間的莊園宅第!But uppermost in our minds is the final destination.On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station.Bands will be playing and flags waving.Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle.How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering--waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.“然而我們心里想得最多的卻是最終的目的地!在某一天的某一時(shí)刻,我們將會(huì)抵達(dá)進(jìn)站!迎接我們的將是樂隊(duì)和飄舞的彩旗!一旦到了那兒,多少美夢(mèng)將成為現(xiàn)實(shí),我們的生活也將變得完整,如同一塊理好了的拼圖!可是我們現(xiàn)在在過道里不耐煩地踱來踱去,咒罵火車的拖拖拉拉!我們期待著, 期待著, 期待著火車進(jìn)站的那一刻!

When we reach the station, that will be it!”we cry.“When I'm 18.”“When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!”“When I put the last kid through college.”“When I have paid off the mortgage!”“When I get a promotion.”“When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after!” “當(dāng)我們到站的時(shí)候,一切就都好了!”我們呼喊著!“當(dāng)我18歲的時(shí)候!”當(dāng)我有了一輛新450SL奔馳的時(shí)候!“"當(dāng)我供最小的孩子念完大學(xué)的時(shí)候!”“當(dāng)我償清貸款的時(shí)候!”“當(dāng)我官升高任的時(shí)候!”“當(dāng)我到了退休的時(shí)候, 就可以從此過上幸福的生活啦!” Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all.The true joy of life is the trip.The station is only a dream.It constantly outdistances us.可是我們終究會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)到人生的旅途中并沒有車站,也沒有能夠“一到永逸”的地方!生活的真正樂趣在于旅行的過程, 而車站不過是個(gè)夢(mèng), 它始終遙遙領(lǐng)先于我們!“Relish the moment ”is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118：24:“This is the day which the Lord hath made;we will rejoice and be glad in it.”It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad.It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.“享受現(xiàn)在”是句很好的箴言,尤其是當(dāng)它與《圣經(jīng)·詩(shī)篇》中第１１８頁(yè)２４行的一段話相映襯的時(shí)候,更是如此：“今日乃主所創(chuàng)造；生活在今日我們將歡欣、高興!”真正令人發(fā)瘋的不是今日的負(fù)擔(dān),而是對(duì)昨日的悔恨及對(duì)明日的恐懼!悔恨與恐懼是一對(duì)孿生竊賊,將今天從你我身邊偷走!

So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles.In stead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less.Life must be lived as we go along.The station will come soon enough.那么就不要在過道里徘徊吧,別老惦記著你離車站還有多遠(yuǎn)!何不換一種活法,將更多的高山攀爬,多吃點(diǎn)兒冰淇淋甜甜嘴巴,經(jīng)常光著腳板兒溜達(dá)溜達(dá),在更多的河流里暢游,多看看夕陽(yáng)西下, 多點(diǎn)歡笑哈哈, 少讓淚水滴答!生活得一邊過一邊瞧!車站就會(huì)很快到達(dá)!陽(yáng)光下的時(shí)光

“?I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days.”-----Henry David Thoreau.“??我雖然不富甲天下，卻擁有無數(shù)個(gè)艷陽(yáng)天和夏日。”----亨利·大衛(wèi)·梭羅 When Thoreau wrote that line, he was thinking of the Walden.Pond he knew as a boy.寫這句話時(shí)，梭羅想起孩提時(shí)代的瓦爾登湖。

Woodchoppers and the Iron Horse had not yet greatly damaged the beauty of its setting.A boy could go to the pond and lie on his back against the seat of a boat, lazily drifting from shore to shore while the loons dived and the swallows dipped around him.Thoreau loved to recall such sunny hours and summer days “when idleness was the most attractive and productive business.”

當(dāng)時(shí)伐木者和火車尚未嚴(yán)重破壞湖畔的美麗景致。小男孩可以走向湖中，仰臥小舟。自一岸緩緩漂向另一岸，周遭有鳥兒戲水，燕子翻飛。梭羅喜歡回憶這樣的艷陽(yáng)天和夏日，“慵懶是最迷人也是最具生產(chǎn)力的事情！”

I too was a boy in love with a pond, rich in sunny hours and summer days.Sun and summer are still what they always were, but the boy and the pond changed.The boy, who is now a man, no longer find much time for idle drifting.The pond has been annexed by a great city.The swamps where herons once hunted are now drained and filled with houses.The bay where water lilies quietly floated is now a harbor for motor boats.In short, everything that the boy loved no longer exists----except in the man's memory of it.我也曾經(jīng)是熱愛湖塘的小男孩，擁有無數(shù)個(gè)艷陽(yáng)天與夏日。如今陽(yáng)光、夏日依舊，男孩和湖塘卻已改變。那男孩已長(zhǎng)大成人，不再有那么多時(shí)間泛舟湖上。而湖塘也為大城市所并。曾有蒼鷺覓食的沼澤，如今已枯竭殆盡，上面蓋滿了房舍。睡蓮靜靜漂浮的湖灣。現(xiàn)在成了汽艇的避風(fēng)港。總之，男孩所愛的一切已不復(fù)存在----只留在人們的回憶中。

Some people insist that only today and tomorrow matter.But how much poorer we would be if we really lived by that rule!So much of what we do today is frivolous and futile and soon forgotten.So much of what we hope to do tomorrow never happens.有些人堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為只有今日和明日才是重要的，可是如果真的照此生活，我們將是何其可憐！許多今日我們做的事徒勞不足取的，很快就會(huì)被忘記。許多我們期待明天將要做的事卻從來沒有發(fā)生過。

The past is the bank in which we store our most valuable possession: the memories that give meaning and depth to our lives.過去是一所銀行。我們將最可貴的財(cái)產(chǎn)---記憶珍藏其中。記憶賜予我們生命的意義和深度。Those who truly treasure the past will not bemoan the passing of the good old days, because days enshrined in memory are never lost.Death itself is powerless to still a remembered voice or erase a remembered smile.And for one boy who is now a man, there is a pond which neither time nor tide can change, where he can still spend a quite hour in the sun.真正珍惜過去的人，不會(huì)悲嘆舊日美好時(shí)光的逝去。因?yàn)椴赜谟洃浿械臅r(shí)光永不流失。死亡本身無法止住一個(gè)記憶中的聲音，或擦除一個(gè)記憶中的微笑。對(duì)現(xiàn)已長(zhǎng)大成人的那個(gè)男孩來說，那兒將有一個(gè)湖塘不會(huì)因時(shí)間和潮汐而改變，可以讓他繼續(xù)在陽(yáng)光下享受安靜時(shí)光。

生存還是毀滅

Outside the Bible, these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world.They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud, and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but also for every thinking man and woman.To be or not to be, to live or not to live, to live richly and abundantly and eagerly, or to live dully and meanly and scarcely.A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not, which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally.He answered it by saying: “I think, therefore am.” “生存還是毀滅。”如果把《圣經(jīng)》除外，這六個(gè)字便是整個(gè)世界文學(xué)中最有名的六個(gè)字了。這六個(gè)字是哈姆雷特一次喃喃自語(yǔ)時(shí)說的，而這六個(gè)字也就成了莎士比亞作品中最有名的幾個(gè)字了，因?yàn)檫@里哈姆雷特不僅道出了他自己的心聲，同時(shí)也代表了一切有思想的男男女女。是活還是不活——是要生活還是不要生活，是要生活得豐滿充實(shí)，興致勃勃，還是只是活得枯燥委瑣，貧乏無味。一位哲人一次曾想弄清他自己是否是在活著，這個(gè)問題我們每個(gè)人也大可不時(shí)地問問我們自己。這位哲學(xué)家對(duì)此的答案是： “我思故我在。”

But the best definition of existence ever saw did another philosopher who said: “To be is to be in relations.” If this true, then the more relations a living thing has, the more it is alive.To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity of our relations.Unfortunately we are so constituted that we get to love our routine.But apart from our regular occupation how much are we alive? If you are interest-ed only in your regular occupation, you are alive only to that extent.So far as other things are concerned--poetry and prose, music, pictures, sports, unselfish friendships, politics, international affairs--you are dead.但是關(guān)于生存我所見過的一條最好的定義卻是另一位哲學(xué)家下的：“生活即是聯(lián)系。”如果這話不假的話，那么一個(gè)有生命者的聯(lián)系越多，它也就越有生氣。所謂要活得豐富充實(shí)也即是要擴(kuò)大和加強(qiáng)我們的各種聯(lián)系。不幸的是，我們往往會(huì)因?yàn)樘煨圆粔蜇S厚而容易陷入自己的陳規(guī)舊套。試問除去我們的日常工作，我們的真正生活又有多少?如果你只是對(duì)你的日常工作才有興趣，那你的生趣也就很有限了。至于在其它事物方面，比如詩(shī)歌、散文、音樂、美術(shù)、體育、無私的友誼、政治與國(guó)際事務(wù)，等等——你只是死人一個(gè)。

Contrariwise, it is true that every time you acquire a new interest--even more, a new accomplishment--you increase your power of life.No one who is deeply interested in a large variety of subjects can remain unhappy;the real pessimist is the person who has lost interest.但反過來說，每當(dāng)你獲得一種新的興趣——甚至一項(xiàng)新的造詣——你就增長(zhǎng)了你的生活本領(lǐng)。一個(gè)能對(duì)許許多多事物都深感興趣的人是不可能總不愉快的，真正的悲觀者只能是那些喪失興趣的人。

Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend.But we gain new life by contacts, new friends.What is supremely true of living objects is only less true of ideas, which are also alive.Where your thoughts are, there will your live be also.If your thoughts are confined only to your business, only to your physical welfare, only to the narrow circle of the town in which you live, then you live in a narrow cir-conscribed life.But if you are interested in what is going on in China, then you are living in China~ if you’re interested in the characters of a good novel, then you are living with those highly interesting people, if you listen intently to fine music, you are away from your immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination.培根曾講過，一個(gè)人失去朋友即是死亡。但是憑著交往，憑著新朋，我們就能獲得再生。這條對(duì)于活人可謂千真萬(wàn)確的道理在一定程度上也完全適用于人的思想，它們也都是活的。你的思想所在，你的生命便也在那里。如果你的思想不出你的業(yè)務(wù)范圍，不出你的物質(zhì)利益，不出你所在城鎮(zhèn)的狹隘圈子，那么你的一生便也只是多方受著局限的狹隘的一生。但是如果你對(duì)當(dāng)前中國(guó)那里所發(fā)生的種種感到興趣，那么你便可說也活在中國(guó)；如果你對(duì)一本佳妙小說中的人物感到興趣，你便是活在一批極有趣的人們中間；如果你能全神貫注地聽點(diǎn)好的音樂，你就會(huì)超脫出你的周圍環(huán)境而活在一個(gè)充滿激情與想象的神奇世界之中。

To be or not to be--to live intensely and richly, merely to exist, that depends on ourselves.Let widen and intensify our relations.While we live, let live!生存還是毀滅——活得熱烈活得豐富，還是只是簡(jiǎn)單存在，這就全在我們自己。但愿我們都能不斷擴(kuò)展和增強(qiáng)我們的各種聯(lián)系。只要一天我們活著，就要一天是在活著。生命的沉浮

The Ebb and Flow of Life By Charlie Badenhop During my first year in Japan I took a hitchhiking trip and went to numerous fishing villages on the west coast of Japan.In one village I had the privilege of meeting a very special man.He was in his sixties and walked with a noticeable limp.He told me that as a youth he was very involved in karate, but that at the age of twenty five he was injured while working on his father's fishing boat, and he had been limping ever since.as he told me about his life.He said once he realized he would no longer be able to actively take part in karate, he made a firm commitment to use his life as a fisherman to further his martial arts studies.He read various martial arts books and then applied what he read to his work life.在日本的第一年，我曾搭便車旅行，到過西海岸的很多漁村。

在一個(gè)小村子里，我有幸遇見了一個(gè)很特別的人。他60多歲，腿瘸得很厲害。他告訴我自己年輕時(shí)曾熱衷于空手道，但是25歲那年，在父親的漁船上干活時(shí)不慎受傷，從此成了瘸子。一天夜里，我們坐在外面的小木碼頭上，他向我講起了自己的人生。他說，當(dāng)意識(shí)到自己再也不能積極參加空手道運(yùn)動(dòng)時(shí)，他便下定決心，為了進(jìn)一步研究武術(shù)，此生甘愿做個(gè)漁民。他閱讀了各種各樣的武學(xué)書籍，并將學(xué)到的知識(shí)運(yùn)用到工作生活中。

We sat out on a small wooden dock one night “One of the most important things I have learned,” he said, “Is to create a rhythm with your presence, movements, and breathing, that matches the rhythm of nature.This is a phrase numerous martial arts masters wrote about in the books I have read.”

他說：“我學(xué)到的最重要的一樣?xùn)|西是創(chuàng)造一種與大自然的節(jié)律相諧調(diào)的自身存在、運(yùn)動(dòng)和呼吸的節(jié)律。我讀過的書中許多武術(shù)大師都提到過節(jié)律這個(gè)詞。

”As we sat by the water, he invited me to notice the ebb and flow of the ocean....and the sounds of the tide lapping against the pilings of the pier.“You can sense the movement and sounds of the ocean....As you also notice your movements and breathing....And realize how you go IN...and OUT...of rhythm with this flow.”

我們坐在水邊，他邀我關(guān)注大海的潮漲潮落??聆聽潮水拍打木樁的聲音。“就像關(guān)注你自己的運(yùn)動(dòng)和呼吸那樣，去感受大海的運(yùn)動(dòng)和聲音，體會(huì)如何與潮汐的節(jié)律相諧調(diào)。”

I began to do as he suggested, and I quickly felt I was being drawn into a parallel world, that I was somehow usually ignoring, or simply not noticing.我開始按他的建議去做，很快感到自己正被引入一個(gè)常常忽視或根本沒有注意過的相似的世界。

“Feel the life force of the ocean” he said, “and breathe with the ocean.Feel the life force of the ocean, and without doing anything, allow yourself to move with the ocean...Breathe, move, and feel your heartbeat...Invite your heartbeat to synchronize with the heartbeat of the ocean.” 他說：“感受大海的生命力，與大海一起呼吸。感受大海的生命力，不做任何事，讓自己與大海一起運(yùn)動(dòng)??呼吸，運(yùn)動(dòng)，感受自己的心跳??讓自己的心跳與大海的心跳同步。” Now you are becoming one with the water, and the fluid inside your body begins to become a tiny powerful ocean that ebbs and flows throughout your system.Now, like the ocean you can begin to feel the power of flowing without resisting.Flowing without fighting against.現(xiàn)在你漸漸與海水融為一體，體內(nèi)的液體開始變成很微小卻能量巨大的海洋，起伏遍及你周身的系統(tǒng)。

The water surrounds and moves past all obstacles.There is no forcing, and no need for strength.“Only flow....The power is IN the flow, and each drop of water is pliant and soft.No one drop of water is powerful on its own.” 現(xiàn)在就像大海一樣，你能感受到?jīng)]有抵抗的流動(dòng)的力量，感受到?jīng)]有斗爭(zhēng)的流動(dòng)的力量。海水包圍并通過了所有障礙。沒有靠強(qiáng)力，也無須強(qiáng)力。“只是流動(dòng)??力量就在流動(dòng)中，每一滴水都是順從的，柔軟的。沒有哪滴水自身是強(qiáng)大的。”

We sat there together for a while.The man, myself, and the ocean.I felt the power and presence of the ocean, myself, and the fisherman.Not separate, but together.And I knew very clearly that all this power was really One.The one tiny drop of water that you are.我們?cè)谝黄鹱艘粫?huì)兒。老人、我和大海。我感受到了大海、我自己和老漁夫的力量和存在。我們不是分散開的，而是合而為一。我非常清楚地知道所有的力量實(shí)際上都是一體的。

你就是那微小的水滴。

The ebb and flow of your life mirrors the ebb and flow of all life.When you calm yourself, slow down, and become one with your surroundings, you realize that nature offers you a parallel understanding of life.The tiny drop of water known as “me” is an integral part of the ocean of life, and your power manifests most gracefully when you join your individual spirit with the spirit of all creation.Breathe deeply, calm yourself, and begin to notice and appreciate the ebb and flow of the world around you...You will discover the power of the universe is the power that feeds your life.你的生命沉浮能反映出所有生命的沉浮。當(dāng)你平靜下來，放慢節(jié)奏，與周圍環(huán)境融為一體的時(shí)候，你就會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)到大自然對(duì)于生命的看法是相似的。可看作“我”的小水滴是生命海洋中不可缺少的一部分。當(dāng)個(gè)人的精神同宇宙萬(wàn)物的精神結(jié)合在一起的時(shí)候，你的力量才會(huì)最完美地展示出來。

深呼吸，平靜下來，開始關(guān)注并欣賞周圍世界的沉浮，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)宇宙的力量正是滋養(yǎng)你生命的力量。談讀書

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring;for ornament, is in discourse;and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.讀書足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以長(zhǎng)才。其怡情也，最見于獨(dú)處幽居之時(shí)；其傅彩也，最見于高談闊論之中；其長(zhǎng)才也，最見于處世判事之際。

For expert and execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one;but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best form those that are learned.練達(dá)之士雖能分別處理細(xì)事或一一判別枝節(jié)，然縱觀統(tǒng)籌，全局策劃，則舍好學(xué)深思者莫屬。To spend too much time in studies is sloth;to use them too much for ornament, is affectation;to make judgement wholly by their rules, is the humour of a scholar.讀書費(fèi)時(shí)過多易惰，文采藻飾太盛則矯，全憑條文斷事乃學(xué)究故態(tài)。

They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning(pruning)by study;and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in/ by experience.讀書補(bǔ)天然之不足，經(jīng)驗(yàn)又補(bǔ)讀書之不足，蓋天生才干猶如自然花草，讀書然后知如何修剪移接，而書中所示，如不以經(jīng)驗(yàn)范之，則又大而無當(dāng)。

Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them;for they teach not their own use;but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.有一技之長(zhǎng)者鄙讀書，無知者羨讀書，唯明智之士用讀書，然書并不以用處告人，用書之智不在書中，而在書外，全憑觀察得之。

Read not to contradict and confute;nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse;but to weigh and consider.讀書時(shí)不可存心詰難作者，不可盡信書上所言，亦不可只為尋章摘句，而應(yīng)推敲細(xì)思。Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested;that is, some books are to be read only in parts;others to be read, but not curiously;and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.書有可淺嘗者，有可吞食者，少數(shù)則須咀嚼消化。換言之，有只需讀其部分者，有只須大體涉獵者，少數(shù)則須全讀，讀時(shí)須全神貫注，孜孜不倦。

Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others;but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books;else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things.書亦可請(qǐng)人代讀，取其所作摘要，但只限題材較次或價(jià)值不高者，否則書經(jīng)提煉猶如水經(jīng)蒸餾，淡而無味。Reading maketh a full man;conference a ready man;and writing an exact man.And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory;if he confer little, he had need have a present wit;and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.讀書使人充實(shí)，討論使人機(jī)智，筆記使人準(zhǔn)確。因此不常做筆記者須記憶力特強(qiáng)，不常討論者須天生聰穎，不常讀書者須欺世有術(shù)，始能無知而顯有知。

Histories make men wise;poets witty;the mathematics subtile;natural philosophy deep;moral grave;logic and rhetoric able to contend.Abeunt studia in morse.(Studeis go to make up a man’s character.)

讀史使人明智，讀詩(shī)使人靈秀，數(shù)學(xué)使人周密，科學(xué)使人深刻，倫理學(xué)使人莊重，邏輯修辭之學(xué)使人善辯；凡有所學(xué)，皆成性格。

Nay there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies: like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises.Bowling is good for the stone and reins;shooting for the lungs and breast;gentle walking for the stomach;riding for the head;and the like.人之才智但有滯礙，無不可讀適當(dāng)之書使之順暢，一如身體百病，皆可借相宜之運(yùn)動(dòng)除之。滾球利睪腎，射箭利胸肺，慢步利腸胃，騎術(shù)利頭腦，諸如此類。

So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics;for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen;for they are cymini sectores.If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases.So every defect of the mind may have a special receipt.如智力不集中，可令讀數(shù)學(xué)，蓋演題需全神貫注，稍有分散即須重演；如不能辯異，可令讀經(jīng)院哲學(xué)，蓋是輩皆吹毛求疵之人；如不善求同，不善以一物闡證另一物，可令讀律師之案卷。如此頭腦中凡有缺陷，皆有特效可醫(yī)。（王佐良 譯）

散文欣賞-追憶似水年華

Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you?

我們初次相遇，難道真的是六十二年前嗎？

It is truly a lifetime, I know.But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterday that I first saw you, in that small café in Hanover Square.年華似水，倏忽間我們已相攜一世。望著你的眼睛，當(dāng)年的邂逅歷歷如在昨昔，就在漢諾威廣場(chǎng)的那間小咖啡館里。From the moment I saw you smile, as you opened the door for that young mother and her newborn baby.I knew.I knew that I wanted to share the rest of my life with you.從見到你的那一刻起，那一刻你正為一位年輕的母親和她的小寶寶開門，那一刻當(dāng)看到你的盈盈笑靨，我就明白我只愿與你執(zhí)手?jǐn)y老，共度今生。

I still think of how foolish I must have looked, as I gazed at you, that first time.I remember watching you intently, as you took off your hat and loosely shook your short dark hair with your fingers.I felt myself becoming immersed in your every detail, as you placed your hat on the table and cupped your hands around the hot cup of tea, gently blowing the steam away with your pouted lips.我仍然不時(shí)想起，那天自己那樣地盯著你，一定很傻；就那樣情不自禁怔怔地望著你，追隨你摘下小帽，用手指松了松短短的黑發(fā)，追隨你把帽子放在桌前，雙手捧起暖暖的茶杯，追隨你微撅櫻唇，輕輕吹走飄騰的熱氣，我的目光始終追隨著你，感覺自己在你的溫柔舉止間慢慢融化。

The Rainy Day Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;It rains, and the wind is never weary;The vine still clings to the moldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.My life is cold and dark and dreary;It rains and the wind is never weary;My though still cling to the moldering past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary.Be still, sad heart!And cease repining;Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.中文翻譯：

雨天

亨利-沃茲渥斯-朗費(fèi)羅

天冷、陰暗、沉悶； 下著雨，風(fēng)也刮個(gè)不停； 藤還攀附著頹垣殘壁，每來一陣狂風(fēng)，枯葉附落紛紛，天真是陰暗而沉悶。

我的生活寒冷、陰郁、沉悶； 下著雨，風(fēng)也刮個(gè)不停；

我的思想還糾纏著消逝的往事，大風(fēng)里，我的青春希望相繼熄滅，天真是陰暗而沉悶。

安靜吧，憂傷的心！別再悔恨； 烏云后面太陽(yáng)依然輝煌燦爛； 你命運(yùn)和大家的一樣，每個(gè)人一生都得逢上陰雨，有些日子必然陰暗而沉悶。

第四篇：散文欣賞

散文欣賞：

等咱老師有了錢

等咱老師有了錢，懸賞100萬(wàn)通緝那個(gè)說“沒有教不會(huì)的學(xué)生，只有不會(huì)教的老師”的家伙，讓他來教教50個(gè)參差不齊的學(xué)生，看他能不能把他們都培養(yǎng)成社會(huì)主義四有人！

等咱老師有了錢，讓那些專家拿本教材去上課，然后我去開門聽課，做個(gè)專家，對(duì)他們指手畫腳。

等咱老師有了錢，把薄弱學(xué)校和民工子弟學(xué)校掛牌為“教育系統(tǒng)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)干部實(shí)踐基地”，讓他們頒布政策理念前先用實(shí)踐去檢驗(yàn)可行性。等咱老師有了錢，教師節(jié)的時(shí)候咱也坐著小車去慰問，給他們一人發(fā)條毛巾，發(fā)瓶金龍魚，然后用溫暖的大手握得他們熱淚盈眶！

等咱老師有了錢，讓領(lǐng)導(dǎo)去下鄉(xiāng)支教，咱去歐洲考察！

等咱老師有了錢，讓領(lǐng)導(dǎo)也去師生同考，考不好的列入黑名單！

等咱老師有了錢，讓政府領(lǐng)導(dǎo)替我陪酒喝酒，我叫他喝多少就喝多少，他就是喝吐血，還說謝謝關(guān)懷！

等咱老師有了錢，開個(gè)教師法律援助中心，哪個(gè)家長(zhǎng)無理取鬧，咱也告他個(gè)誹謗侵犯！

等咱老師有了錢，金嗓子喉寶要列入醫(yī)保藥物。

等咱老師有了錢，給任課老師配個(gè)秘書，專門負(fù)責(zé)打雜的！

等咱老師有了錢，每人買輛小車。憑啥人家有車貼，咱大老遠(yuǎn)坐公車都沒個(gè)貼？

等咱老師有了錢，論文一天發(fā)表一篇，要帶刊號(hào)的！反正那些出版社也都認(rèn)錢，評(píng)這評(píng)那又硬卡這個(gè)。

等咱老師有了錢，自己辦學(xué)校自己編教材！三天兩頭換教材所謂新版都是換湯不換藥，煩不煩？干脆自己定標(biāo)準(zhǔn)！

等咱老師有了錢，進(jìn)修培訓(xùn)一律報(bào)銷，職業(yè)進(jìn)修也是為工作服務(wù)，干嘛又燃燒自己還又要自己掏腰包？

等咱老師有了錢，誰(shuí)不把學(xué)生當(dāng)人的，我一律端了他的飯碗；誰(shuí)不把教師當(dāng)人的，我一律摘了他的烏紗帽！

等咱老師有了錢，我也讓那些領(lǐng)導(dǎo)時(shí)不時(shí)地去考試，然后排名次，然后上墻公布??！

等咱老師有了錢，我也不做老師了，做公務(wù)員，享受陽(yáng)光工資；讓那些公務(wù)員去做老師，拿績(jī)效工資，急死也好，笑死也

第五篇：散文欣賞

那年少的心，年少的等待，在彈指間蕩然湮滅，回首間，誰(shuí)的笑容，誰(shuí)的眼神，倒映著誰(shuí)的模樣。黑白鍵交替舞動(dòng)記憶的漣漪，卻在行云里驚醒陣陣的雨珠，飄落空中，滴在心頭。——〔題記〕

往昔，尋你千百度，山遙遙，水迢迢，路漫漫，日出到遲暮，可你卻不在燈火斕珊處。如今尋你不再千百度，花紛紛，風(fēng)蕭蕭，雪飄飄，一個(gè)季節(jié)的變化，可你卻不在客舟中。當(dāng)尋你不再千百度時(shí)，一生流浪，一世漂浮，一輪回不再尋覓。生生世世，你我已不在輪回之中。

恰似春風(fēng)吹化雨，春天的雨飄飄灑灑，在心中濺起漣漪水花，雨過天晴水面如鏡平滑，有誰(shuí)知道在我心里已添了多少牽掛。平淡的相遇，誰(shuí)也不知道那是故事的開始。是命中注定還是彼此的牽掛在縱容，初次相遇中的背影朦朧，心竟然在隱隱陣痛，沒有風(fēng)雨伴奏，沒有一見鐘情的奇幻，沒有目光的交流，沒有童話中的浪漫，只是平平淡淡的，在茫茫人海中我遇見了你，你坐在我面前，留給我一個(gè)心痛的背影，平凡的相遇卻有不平凡的感受，你的背影從此住進(jìn)我心底。

名如其人，婉約惜情。何必幽徑談畫，你就是一幅墨丹青；何必月下吟詩(shī)，你就是一首蝶戀花；何必傾訴委屈，你就是最好的慰藉。你來，便有一種溫暖，潛入心底，眼睛不由發(fā)亮。最真實(shí)的感覺，生活的靈光因而而被點(diǎn)亮。

曾記否，第一次交談的時(shí)候，彼此心中那份莫名的感覺，是相見恨晚。你的笑容是我最愜意的風(fēng)景，一如那蘇州城外的微笑。

可是，平凡的相遇注定著我們要痛苦的離別。離別的那天，風(fēng)雨來湊熱鬧。撒下的句點(diǎn)，滴答打碎了我的心，久久疼痛。

我的心你可懂得 愛上你卻不知道怎樣訴說